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Paul Ferguson Member 
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"A superb extensive Italian manuscript collection of alchemical texts, including fine illustrations portraying the technical equipment of an alchemical laboratory. Collections of this size, and as finely illustrated, are of the greatest rarity on the market." Quaritch at the Milan Book Fair, Stand 32. Item 3 of the first catalogue listed here: http://www.quaritch.com/downloads;jsessionid=18646D9D9F401B53C00AFE9BB9A999CE Last edited on Thu Mar 14th, 2013 04:47 am by Paul Ferguson |
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Carl Lavoie Member
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. I wish they'd been a little more disert in their description than : "15 volumes, small 4to, written in Latin". . |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Carl Lavoie wrote:. This looks like a couple of pages from it. Click on photo in link below to see larger version. http://eventi.alai.it/espositori/espositore/bernard-quaritch-ltd.html Attached Image (viewed 136 times): Last edited on Thu Mar 14th, 2013 05:06 am by Paul Ferguson |
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